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I have always been of the mind that in a democracy manners are the only effective weapons against the bowie-knife.

James Russell Lowell

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James Russell Lowell
Age: 72 †
Born: 1819
Born: February 22
Died: 1891
Died: August 12
Diplomat
Essayist
Journalist
Literary Critic
Poet
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Cambridge
Massachusetts
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Knife
Knives
Manners
Effective
Weapons
Democracy
Literature

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